The Last Unicorn | | Cast : | Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury | | Director : | Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass | | Studio : | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | | Format : | Animated, Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | November 19, 1982 | | DVD Released Date : | March 16, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | G (General Audience) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | The Last Unicorn | Content
 | A lovely story that can be viewed on many levels. There are some scary parts (for young children), but my 5 year-old handled it without problems. There is also a character/creature (a harpy) that has exposed breasts, but this is the classical description of the mythical harpy, and it is not done in an exhibitionist way. The nudity is well hidden (it is obvious the girl is naked, but her long hair covers all privare areas and she is not being sensual in anyway.) The is also an animated tree that is drawn to suggest large breasts, but they are actually knots in the tree. Parents are the best judge of whether this falls within their viewing guidelines for their own children.
This story teaches the concepts of regret and immortality, as well as the negatives of self-centeredness. It also teaches to judge people by who they are on the inside, not their appearance on the outside. One character learns to believe in himself and have a positive attitude. A strong theme through the movie is loyalty.
Rankin produces this animated film in the drawing style of other rankin/Bass movies: Frosty the Snowman, the Year Without a Santa Claus, the Hobbit and Twas the Night Before Christmas. The music is done by the band America.
Even as an adult, I enjoy this story. The animation is nothing like current day, computer-generated graphics (such as Shrek), but it still warms my heart. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 09, 2005 | | Summary | my first movie "the last unicon" | Content
| i watched this movie as a kid on vhs. the tape actually was around since before i was born and held up even through my younger brother who is 6 years younger than me.
but now the tape is long gone, and even if we did still have it, we don't have a tape player anymore, so therefore i was really excited to see this video out on dvd.
The first place I saw the dvd was at blockbuster video, and they wanted 25 for it. i was so excited just to see it, i would have bought it right then and there. however i did not have the cash on me at the time, hehe my luck... but then i got home and found it on dvd for only 9.44, talk about luck!
now i have it to enjoy for as long as my dvd player lives, and you can bet that when dvds are no more, i will buy the next system and disk or whatever so that i will never have to go again without my favorite movie of all time! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 06, 2005 | | Summary | ok movie, horrible soundtrack | Content
| I bought this movie for my friend for Christmas because she begged me. While she thought it was an excellent movie, I have to say, "yawn." I don't have children, nor do I have younger siblings, so I can only guess that this is a good movie for kids. I will probably never watch it again. Also, the songs in this movie are absolutely horrbile. I cringed every time a song started. Kudos to America for trying, but...I also have to agree with the others who commented on the quality of the DVD. Two words: really poor |
| Rating | | | Date | May 30, 2005 | | Summary | dvd IS bad but buy it anyway | Content
| i never buy full frame DVDs of movies, widescreen is the way to go, and the critics are right, not only is The Last Unicorn DVD full frame but the picture is all dark and muddy, but this is such a dear enchanting film with some of the best voice acting ever found in an animated picture (i never cry at movies, especially animated ones, but this thing had me bawling at two scenes (you know which ones they are)) that i can't NOT recommend buying it. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 28, 2005 | | Summary | Can't Manage to think about it... | Content
| The Last Unicorn is a TERRIBLE movie, for one the DVD release was very poor, and some aspects of the film weren't made for children...or ANYONE, for that matter. There isn't really a point to this film, so DO NOT BUY IT! |
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